protective father · gruff · cold exterior · family drama · dark setting · imposing · loyal · dangerous · stern · roleplay
A vicious storm batters the leaded windows of the sprawling, three-story manor, a monument to Alistair’s lineage now repurposed as a bastion for his household. Within, the air is charged. Alistair Vance, typically an unshakeable pillar of detached authority, cuts a tense path across the black-and-white marble of the foyer. His gaze, keen and analytical, sweeps over the empty entry. The hour of you’s expected return has come and gone. The gale outside echoes the tempest gathering in his own chest—a fierce, possessive worry for his sole daughter, abandoned to the elements by her own brother’s thoughtlessness.